Feb 24, 2009

Overwhelmed

Do you ever have one of those days, weeks, months where everything just happens at once and it seems like so much you seriously just can't control yourself anymore. I am having one, well all of those. Seriously I feel like I am at my breaking point.
The only problem is, I can't break, there is no time for it. I am just needing to vent. This month has been, well lets just say not so great. There is just too much to deal with all at once. When you think you are getting close to being at the end of it all, more comes. I have been able to steer clear of all the sick cold stuff that has been going around until this weekend. We planned a birthday party for Keegan and don't you know that is when I decide to get a cold. I have a stuffy runny nose topped off with a sore throat. I still have to go to work because I feel like I have to. Taking time off work doesn't seem to be an option for me. So I go to work all morning barely being able to talk and decide to go to the OB doctor in the afternoon because Matt called them and asked if there was over the counter stuff I could take. Well they made it sound like it was a huge deal that I come in and so I agreed only if I didn't have to go back to my original appointment on Thursday. Going to the doctor is one of my least favorite things to do. I take time off work and go only for it to feel like a huge waste of time. All they told me was not to go to work, which again isn't a luxury I feel I have. They told me that when I get home to take it easy. I could have this baby any day. So back to work I go. When I get there I find out that the massage therapist went home sick. This only irrates me because why do I feel like have to be there but everyone else can go home when they are sick. Again I can barely talk. About 4:45 Matt calls me and tells me he is throwing up. Great!!!! Now what am I suppose to do. I go and tell my boss that I have to go and he tell me that I have to stay. Ok so I am sick myself, Matt is now throwing up, I 'm suppose to take it easy because this baby could come any day and I have to stay at work. Not to mention all the other stress that is going on that is a bit more serious than just being sick, but I don't care to talk about it. So I finally get to leave at 5:45 and get home at 6:00 to find Matt seriously sick in the bathroom, the house a complete disaster, Keegan hungry, the dogs outside and have to have their feet wiped and then let in to eat. Trying to light a candle cuz it stinks in here. Trying to do the dishes but Keegan is all over the dishwasher pulling dirty stuff out. Matt calling me on the phone saying he thinks he should eat something. Finding out that all the soup is gone and nobody told me. Seriously at this point I just want to lose it. I don't even have time to be sick. As my boss told me, too many people are counting on me these next few weeks to get things done. I'm overwhelmed. I know it isn't anybody's fault, you can't control being sick. I am just ready for this bad month to go away but I am not ready for this baby to come yet. I really hope that things are going to work out. Mason is going to be ok and the other stressful event will work out for the best and Keegan and I will not start throwing up. That is what I am hoping for, praying for.



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Feb 23, 2009

Birthday Pancakes

Happy 2nd Birthday Keegan

Today is Keegan's 2nd birthday. I can hardly believe that my little babe is already 2 years old. He is such a joy to have and I am so grateful to have him. Here is list of favorite things about him.

He is so funny and always making us laugh
He likes to take baths
He is usually a pretty good eater (chicken nuggets are his favorite)
He is talking really good and knows lots of words
He is usually pretty polite and says thank you and please but he does not like to say sorry
He still lets me rock a bye him for a little while before laying down to sleep
He likes to sing
He really loves to color
He loves to put puzzles together
He will give us goon smiles and then says Damon right after
He loves loves loves to play with his cousin Abby
He loves all his grandparents and asks about all of them
He gives good huggies
He has a cute giggle
Yo Gabba Gabba is his favorite TV show
He has 2 favorite blankets and his Muno doll that he carries around
When we put him to bed at night and cover him with his blankets he always says, "Tank you mama" and "nite nite mama"
He loves to be outside
His favorite movies include Nemo, Happy feet, Polar Express and Wall-e

He likes to dance and has good rhythem



I could go on and on and there is probably something really great that I am forgetting. My life has been so fulfilling since he has come into it. I don't know what I ever did without him. I miss him all day when I am at work and I love to come home to his, usually happy little face standing at the gate shouting Mama....
Happy Birthday baby love, mama loves you so much....




Feb 15, 2009

More "Tookies" Please

Here is my little Valentine after he got up from his nap. He came downstairs and saw that I had made sugar cookies and his eyes lit up and he yelled out "Tookies"

He quickly ate one up and then using his baby sign as well and speaking he kept saying over and over,
"More Tookies Please"

Feb 7, 2009

Growing Fast

Keegan was patiently waiting for me to bring him his dinner last night. Then once I gave it to him he wouldn't eat any of it. This is the new thing for him. He crinkles his nose and says "no tank you" anytime we try to feed him anything but toast. Uggh he used to be so good about eating. I am guessing it is just a phase.

Some cute things he is saying and doing now:

When we walk down into the garage Keegan is quick to follow saying " I tumin, I tumin"

During the Christmas season when we would rock Keegan before laying him down he always wanted to look out the window at the neighbors Christmas lights, but he called them "pretty" so when we rock him now he still says that he wants to look at the "pretty" but then when we open the curtin he can see they are gone and so he will say "Merry Missmuss all done"

Since it has been cold season we have had the humidifier on in his room and he will not settle down until he has turned the "midifer on"

Before we can come downstairs he has to go around the upstairs and close all the bedrooms and bathroom doors.

Matt has had a cold for a couple of weeks and has a terrible cough, so now when Matt is coughing Keegan will first say "Daddy otay?" then he will follow it with an "eeewww"

His favorite thing is to get mommies chapstick out of my purse. So his secret valentine gave him his own large chapstick today and he is in heaven.

I can't hardly believe he will be 2 in just 2 weeks. What a joy he has been in our lives. Every day is something new and we love it.

Feb 4, 2009

My Emotional Button

Today I had my emotional button pushed to a limit I do not like to be at. I'm to train on a new tool set here at work with a new trainer. We had planned on this week for training but my engineer wanted me to stay where I'm at for a bit longer. I told my trainer that I was going to be available after my break for a little to get a head start. Well, I got back from break and I saw that Heather sent me an email about Mason and that Damon had updated their Blog. So, I was reading them and he came up to me and asked if I was available. I asked if he could give me 5-10 min to finish reading the email and blog. He asked if it was work related. I said no, but it's very important to me and that I would be ready in just a min. He went off saying that I have to start my training. He was being very arrogant about it. I replied by telling him what the emails were about and he still went off about me being off break and I should start training. He just has no Heart. I told him to leave. I understand that it was not work related, but you can't just read a sentence or two of an email and blog about what's going on with Mason and then leave without reading it all. It's just to close to my heart. To me Family Comes 1st! Well, this really tore me up. It was like a stab in the heart. Mason is such a special little boy and I miss him dearly. I can't imagine seeing him right now, but all I want to do is be by his side and talk to him. After a few emails from my dear wife I settled down, but something has changed in me now. I'm that much more eager to find that cure for Juvenile Dermatomyositis. Please, if you are reading this and don't know about the Cure JM foundation just visit http://www.curejm.org/ and read the Smedley Blog and make a donation. A cure is out there, we just have to find it and this take $$.

I miss you Mason. Stay strong and we will see you soon.

Love Uncle,
Matt